Garry Marshall, giant of US comedy, dies
Legacy spans Happy Days to The Princess Princess Diaries
20/07/2016 … Garry Marshall, who created the sitcom Happy Days, has died at the age of 81.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 20 July 2016
Tue 19 July 2016
David Baddiel sells film rights to The Parent Agency
Hollywood deal for his kids' book
19/07/2016 … David Baddiel has sold the film rights to his first children’s book, The Parent Agency.
Former BBC radio comedy chief John Pidgeon dies
19/07/2016 … Former BBC radio comedy boss John Pidgeon has died this morning at the age of 69.
© Bafta Bafta LA to honour Ricky Gervais
'Provocative, edgy and pushes the boundaries'
19/07/2016 … Ricky Gervais is to receive the annual comedy award handed out by Bafta in Los Angeles.
Comic kidnapped and beaten over a sketch
19/07/2016 … A comedian has been kidnapped, beaten then dumped in the street by a musician he mocked in a sketch.
Kevin Eldon joins Funny Cow
19/07/2016 … KEVIN ELDON has joined the cast of Funny Cow, the comedy-drama film about a woman who becomes a comedian on the Northern working men's club circuit in the 1970s…
BBC orders a series from Shane Todd
Break for Northern Irish stand-up
19/07/2016 … The BBC has commissioned a stand-up, sketch and interview series from Northern Irish comic Shane Todd.
New tour AND TV series for Micky Flanagan
Sky travelogue ahead of 2017 stand-up dates
19/07/2016 … Micky Flanagan is filming a new six-part travelogue for Sky 1 – as well as planning a stand-up tour for next year.